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Rough Sleeping

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping
A woman walking down the street
Ella Tritton

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Steven MacKenzie

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'
Prime minister Andy Burnham
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping
Big Issue founder John Bird being interviewed on c amera
John Bird

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales walks down a street in Ruislip Manor with a blue bridge in the background spelling the name of the area
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Keely Dalfen (second from right) with some of the team at The Brick
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start
This anti-homeless bench in Bournemouth will hopefully soon be a thing of the past
John Bird

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’
Lisa Farmer OBE is chief executive of Royal British Veterans Enterprise
Lisa Farmer

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

'Mum's no longer with us. I know she'd be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home'
Florence Eshalomi
Florence Eshalomi

'Mum's no longer with us. I know she'd be proud that my job is helping people into a secure home'

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going
Louise Reed hugging a man facing homelessness in Leeds
Louise Reed

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here's how Andy Burnham can change it
Prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Ligia Teixeira

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here's how Andy Burnham can change it

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces
Andy Burnham volunteering at London homelessness charity The Passage on the day he was named prime minister
Homelessness

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces

‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’
a homeless man is offered support at Depaul International's Kyiv shelter
Guest Columnist

‘The reality in Ukraine is stark. But there is hope in addressing homelessness’